Amnesty International
21 December 2009
Salil Shetty next Secretary General of Amnesty International
Amnesty International has appointed Salil Shetty as its next Secretary General. Shetty, an Indian national, has been the Director of the UN’s Millennium Campaign for the past six years and the Chief Executive of international anti-poverty NGO ActionAid before then.
“We are thrilled that Salil will be joining us and leading Amnesty International as we renew our fight to end injustice – campaigning with those imprisoned because of their ideas, those on death row, those being tortured, and those who have their rights denied because they live in poverty,” said Peter Pack, the chair of Amnesty’s International Executive Committee [the organization’s governing body].